C199 Leave East Abyss

Although Princess Lan Xun seemed to be fooling around with no reason, it was actually only because the delicate princess couldn't say anything. She was using some self-righteous method to force Xiao Yiyan to lower his head, but who knew that she would push him further and further away.

"I'm leaving the Eastern Abyss. This place... I mean the palace, and everyone else. "

"Ah Yan, if it's because of Princess Lan Xun's matter, Fifth Brother should apologize to you. You shouldn't have forcefully arranged the match without respecting your wishes."

Xiao Yiyan shook his head, "Imperial Father and Imperial Mother are both happy to see this happen. If Princess Lan Xun really mentions this matter, I won't be able to resist. If he stayed in the East Abyss, he would inevitably marry her … "Fifth brother, you can't change anything now."

Xiao Yi Xiu was stunned and didn't know what to say.

Gu Qing Li had used her method to force Princess Lan Xun to face his intentions. He was afraid that the unruly Princess would really disregard everything and force the marriage.

"I only came to give you this."

It was only then that Xiao Yi Xiu realized that there was an exquisite rosewood box carved into the ground beside Xiao Yi Yan. He was slightly puzzled by what he saw and took it over with the intention of opening it.

"Fifth brother, wait for me to leave before opening it."

"Hmm?"

"If you'll allow me, I'd like to speak to the Fifth Emperor's wife alone."

After a moment of silence, Xiao Yi Xiu nodded his head. "I'll let her in."

Not long after he left, Gu Qingli walked in and looked at him in surprise, "Prince Chen, you're leaving the East Abyss?"

Xiao Yi Yan raised his head to look at her and smiled, "I'm going to leave the Eastern Abyss. In the future, I won't be the Xiao family's prince, and no one will know who I am. Can't you put down these restrictions and call me Ah Yan like fifth brother?"

Gu Qing Li hesitated slightly before calling out, "Ah Yan."

"We have never been on equal terms since the beginning. You always called me 'Prince Chen' respectfully. I always called you 'Fifth royal sister-in-law' according to the rules of being young and old …" Xiao Yiyan smiled bitterly, "But I don't like that title. I want to call you Qing Li."

Gu Qingli frowned slightly. She had always liked Xiao Yiyan's personality, but she always felt that he was somewhat childish.

After being rejected, he had grown up at an astonishing speed. In a short year, he had lost the youthful aura that she used to think he had, but he still could not return to the innocence and brightness that he had once captivated other people.

It's hard to measure the gains and losses.

If the price of growing up was losing the sunlight that filled his eyes, she would rather he still be that innocent youth who smiled, had his eyes curved up like peaches, and liked to pick up beauties whenever he saw them.

"Qing Li."

Unknowingly, Xiao Yiyan had already stood up and was right in front of her.

Gu Qingli was startled. She felt an ambiguous aura flowing between them. And his hand was already reaching out to take hold of him.

"Yan, I've always treated you as my younger brother."

"Little brother?" Xiao Yiyan suddenly laughed and shook his head. "A younger brother who's three years older than you?"

"It has nothing to do with age." Gu Qingli couldn't explain that before she transmigrated, she was older than him, not to mention that the growth of an assassin and the growth of a wealthy prince without any trials and hardships were two completely different lives.

Such a difference in experience was bound to cause the difference in their mental age to drop by too much.

On the other hand, Xiao Yi Xiu was different. Ever since he was young, he had lived in a complicated and unprotected palace.

If his talent was mediocre and not enviable, and if the heavens were jealous of such a talent, he might have already died in the palace in silence if not for the fact that he repeatedly made himself stronger. His mental age had also long since surpassed his actual age in complicated and unpredictable battles, in the power of the campaign on the battlefield.

Only a man like him could give Gu Qingli a sense of security and conquer her heart.

These words couldn't be explained to Xiao Yiyan, but Gu Qingli sensed her so-called "fulfillment", which actually gave him endless trouble.

She was deeply disturbed, and let him hold her hand as she looked at him, "Yan, I hope that you will be happy. Princess Lan Xun may seem crafty and unruly, but in reality, she is intelligent and kind-hearted.

"So you should sacrifice my happiness, regardless of my will? Qing Li, when you married into the Prince Mo's mansion, did you also harbor the thought of self-sacrifice? "

Gu Qingli was dumbfounded.

"So, even if you know that the person he loves is Li Yue, and you were forced to stay by his side just because you were like her, you can still pretend that you don't care and continue this erroneous marriage with him?"

Gu Qing Li raised his gaze, recalling that he did not know his true identity.

She was silent for a moment before sighing lightly, "Ah Yan, I tricked you in the past, and I tricked him as well. I was Li Yue, and Li Yue was Gu Qing Li. He couldn't tell because... We are the same person. "

Xiao Yiyan suddenly lost all color in his face. He released her and retreated a few steps. His eyes were filled with shock and sorrow.

He finally understood where he had failed.

"You … "What about that Li Yue who married him and became his side wife?"

"My third sister, Gu Qingxiao? She was a fake. Even though Xiao Yi Xiu didn't think that I was Li Yue, he felt that the fake Li Yue was different from me. That was the reason why he was so regretful on the night of their marriage and chased me back … Ah Yan, at that time, he was very suspicious of me. He was always worried that I, like the women around him, had ulterior motives towards him and would not treat me well. But he loved her, and he put all his heart into her. How could I not feel it? You... It's too late. "

Gu Qingli couldn't bear to tell the truth. Even if Xiao Yiyan didn't arrive that late, she would only fall in love with a man like Xiao Yixiu.

A girl like her had her eyes on the top of her head. If it wasn't for a man stronger than her, how could she have submitted?

Xiao Yiyan walked out of the secret room dejectedly.

Gu Qingli watched his back and couldn't bear it anymore as she called out softly, "Ah Yan …" If you do not like the princess, we can think of a way to prevent you from leaving the Eastern Abyss. "

"No, I want to leave the Eastern Abyss even more. It has nothing to do with the princess." He walked slowly, but with determination.

He thought that he would never want to return to this sad place again.

Imperial Father only thought of him as a tool for marriage. Imperial Mother only hoped for him to ascend the throne and seize power. The only person among her bros who was on good terms with him became his rival in love … He could no longer face the woman he loved the most.

He felt suffocated and oppressed, especially when he thought about how the former crown prince of Snowfall Palace, Xiao Yibei, who seemed to have gone insane. He felt that being born into the royal family was a kind of sorrow that crushed him.

After Xiao Yiyan left the Mo King's Manor, Xiao Yi Xiu entered the secret chamber. He saw Gu Qing Li staring blankly at him with a helpless look on his face. He sighed and embraced her, "Qing Li, don't blame yourself. He has his own choices."

"I always felt that I was the one who forced him away. I wasn't the one who thought that I was smart enough to try to get him and the princess together. How could it be like this?"

"I think that he is not someone who left just to escape the marriage. There are more reasons why he wants to leave."

Xiao Yixiu thought of the sandalwood box. With a frown, he placed it on the table and opened it. Suddenly, his pupils dilated, and the yellow seal of Tian Huang lying quietly inside was clearly reflected in his eyes.

"This …"

Surprised, Gu Qingli picked up the seal. The ancient seal carved beneath it said "Xiao Yiyan", and she couldn't help feeling somewhat lost.